Social studies standard:
SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II. a. Describe Germany’s aggression in Europe and Japan’s aggression in Asia. b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust. c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. d. Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler. Reading Standards: ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that: a. Identifies and analyzes the elements of setting, characterization, and conflict in plot. b. Identifies and analyzes the structural elements particular to dramatic literature (e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in the plays read, viewed,
written, and performed.
d. Relates a literary work to information about its setting (historically or culturally). e. Identifies imagery, figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphor, simile,
hyperbole), rhythm, or flow when responding to literature. h. Responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in order to uncover meaning in poetry. i. Sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme) ii. Figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole) iii. Graphics (i.e., capital letters, line length, stanzas). i. Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and supports
them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text.
For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that: a. Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions. b. Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual features (e.g., paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary). c. Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps, diagrams, captions, and illustrations). d. Identifies and uses knowledge of common organizational structures (e.g., chronological order, logical order, cause and effect, classification schemes). e. Distinguishes cause from effect in context. f. Identifies and analyzes main ideas, supporting ideas, and supporting details. g. Makes perceptive and well-developed connections. h. Relates new information to prior knowledge and experience and makes connections
to related topics or information.
ELA5R3 The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in reading and writing. The student a. Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language. b. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., definition, example). c. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using knowledge of common roots, suffixes, and prefixes. d. Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses. e. Identifies the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, dis-). f. Identifies the meaning of common idioms and figurative phrases. g. Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes). h. Recognizes and uses words with multiple meanings (e.g., sentence, school, hard) and determines which meaning is intended from the context of the sentence.
i. Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.
Writing Standards: ELA5W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements. b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story. c. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order, cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
d. Uses appropriate structures to ensure coherence (e.g., transition elements).
Grade level: 5
Social studies standard:
SS5H6 The student will explain the reasons for America’s involvement in World War II.
a. Describe Germany’s aggression in Europe and Japan’s aggression in Asia.
b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust.
c. Discuss President Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
d. Identify Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill, Hirohito, Truman, Mussolini, and Hitler.
Reading Standards:
ELA5R1
The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts.
For literary texts, the student identifies the characteristics of various genres
and produces evidence of reading that:
a. Identifies and analyzes the elements of setting, characterization, and conflict in plot.
b. Identifies and analyzes the structural elements particular to dramatic literature
(e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in the plays read, viewed,
written, and performed.
d. Relates a literary work to information about its setting (historically or culturally).
e. Identifies imagery, figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphor, simile,
hyperbole), rhythm, or flow when responding to literature.
h. Responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics
in order to uncover meaning in poetry.
i. Sound (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme)
ii. Figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphor, simile, hyperbole)
iii. Graphics (i.e., capital letters, line length, stanzas).
i. Makes judgments and inferences about setting, characters, and events and supports
them with elaborating and convincing evidence from the text.
For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to
develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that:
a. Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions.
b. Identifies and uses knowledge of common textual features (e.g., paragraphs,
topic sentences, concluding sentences, glossary).
c. Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features (e.g., charts, maps,
diagrams, captions, and illustrations).
d. Identifies and uses knowledge of common organizational structures (e.g.,
chronological order, logical order, cause and effect, classification schemes).
e. Distinguishes cause from effect in context.
f. Identifies and analyzes main ideas, supporting ideas, and supporting details.
g. Makes perceptive and well-developed connections.
h. Relates new information to prior knowledge and experience and makes connections
to related topics or information.
ELA5R3
The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it
correctly in reading and writing. The student
a. Reads a variety of texts and incorporates new words into oral and written language.
b. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues (e.g., definition,
example).
c. Determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using knowledge of common
roots, suffixes, and prefixes.
d. Determines pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, and parts of
speech of words using dictionaries and thesauruses.
e. Identifies the meaning of common prefixes (e.g., un-, re-, dis-).
f. Identifies the meaning of common idioms and figurative phrases.
g. Identifies playful uses of language (e.g., puns, jokes, palindromes).
h. Recognizes and uses words with multiple meanings (e.g., sentence, school, hard)
and determines which meaning is intended from the context of the sentence.
i. Identifies and applies the meaning of the terms antonym, synonym, and homophone.
Writing Standards:
ELA5W1
The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student
a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose,
genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.
b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story.
c. Uses traditional structures for conveying information (e.g., chronological order,
cause and effect, similarity and difference, and posing and answering a question).
d. Uses appropriate structures to ensure coherence (e.g., transition elements).